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Heraclitus believes everything is in flux.

In his response to the Oracle of Delphi’s pronouncement that he is the wisest of all, 1. Socrates first goes to the politicians, but finds they are not wise because they believe themselves to be wise. 2. After the politicians, he seeks out the poets because they say wise things, but discovers they do not understand why they say wise things. Hence they cannot be wise because if one were wise, they would know why they said wise things. 3.The last class of those he visits are the craftsmen and discovers they know their craft but think they know everything. Therefore they cannot be wise either. 4. Socrates concludes that he must be the wisest of all because he is the only one who realizes that he does not know.

“Man is the measure of all things . . . .”

What is the precise definition Socrates gives in the Apology for what constitutes doing philosophy that was given in class?

Heraclitus and Parmenides are often considered to be the two most important philosophers before Socrates and Plato, even though it was Democritus who developed a theory of atoms.

Democritus’ atomism provides a basis for the Sophists . . .

Parmenides uses what particular mode of expression (or form of writing) in his “Prologue.” What is this form and how does it relate to his rationalism and philosophical project?

For Heraclitus the “unity of opposites” relates to change in either an epistemological or metaphysical sense . . .

How does Graham Parkes translate the Übermensch in his translation of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra? Why do you think he chooses to translate the term in this way?

What is the stipulative definition given in class for “participation?” Place the term in its class and then supply its differentia.